2023 Outstanding Science Trade Books
Book recommendations for educators, librarians, parents, and guardians of the best children’s books with science content in 2022.
Animal Sidekicks
By: Macken Murphy
Illustrated by:
Dragan Kordic
Dragan Kordic
ISBN: 9781684492015
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Antartica
By: Karen Romano-Young
Illustrated by:
Angela Hsieh
Angela Hsieh
ISBN: 9781913750534
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Background / Culture
Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith
Illustrated by:
Nicole Neidhardt
Nicole Neidhardt
ISBN: 9781728458984
Nonfiction, Teen, How-to / Activity
The Code Breaker — Young Readers Edition
By: Walter Isaacson
ISBN: 9781665910668
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, Contemporary
Hidden Habitats
By: Camilla de la Bedoyere
Illustrated by:
Lara Hawthorne
Lara Hawthorne
ISBN: 9781536226690
Nonfiction, 7-12, Science
How to Build a Human
By: Pamela S. Turner
Illustrated by:
John Gurche
John Gurche
ISBN: 9781623542504
Nonfiction, 7-12, Teen, History
Life in Hot Water
By: Mary Batten
Illustrated by:
Thomas Gonzales
Thomas Gonzales
ISBN: 9781682631522
Nonfiction, 7-12, Animals
Lion Lights
By: Richard Turere, Shelly Pollock
Illustrated by:
Sonia Possentini
Sonia Possentini
ISBN: 9780884488859
Nonfiction, K-2, 3-5, Biography / Memoir
Moving Words About a Flower
By: K. C. Hayes
Illustrated by:
Barbara Chotiner
Barbara Chotiner
ISBN: 9781623541651
Fiction, K-2, Poetry
The Mystery of the Monarchs
By: Barb Rosenstock
Illustrated by:
Erika Meza
Erika Meza
ISBN: 9781984829566
Nonfiction, K-2, Biography / Memoir
Narwhal
By: Justin Anderson
Illustrated by:
Jo Weaver
Jo Weaver
ISBN: 9781536225129
Nonfiction, K-2, Background / Culture
Oceanarium
By: Loveday Trinick
Illustrated by:
Teagan White
Teagan White
ISBN: 9781536223811
Nonfiction, 6-8, 9-12, Series
Over and Under the Waves
By: Kate Messner
Illustrated by:
Christopher Silas Neal
Christopher Silas Neal
ISBN: 9781797203478
Nonfiction, K-2, Animals
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals)
By: Eliot Schrefer
Illustrated by:
Jules Zuckerberg
Jules Zuckerberg
ISBN: 9780063069497
Nonfiction, 9-12, LGBTQIA+
Urgent Message from a Hot Planet
By: Ann Eriksson
Illustrated by:
Belle Wuthrich
Belle Wuthrich
ISBN: 9781459826328
Nonfiction, 9-12, Series
A Walk Through the Rain Forest
By: Martin Jenkins
Illustrated by:
Vicky White
Vicky White
ISBN: 9781536211207
Nonfiction, 3-5, Animals
The Whale Who Swam Through Time
By: Alex Boersma, Nick Pyenson
Illustrated by:
Alex Boersma
Alex Boersma
ISBN: 9781250803023
Nonfiction, K-2, Science
